blog for students studying nuclear technology at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago
http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/09/19/552201844/senator-mulls-nuclear-limits-on-trump
Article on who holds the power of nuclear weapons- the president or the senate? Especially in times where the possibility of nuclear war is at its highest peak, the article questions who should have the say for the nuclear strike to be set off, especially when the president may be “unstable.”
Hayan Song
http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/news/business/article173245106.html
An article discussing political/public support for the use of nuclear power in Japan. This debate becomes more interesting considering that there is “broad public support for a less nuclear-reliant society.” After the disaster in 2011, Japan closed all of its nuclear facilities as a precaution, with multiple reopening within the past year or so. It will be interesting to see how the government there continues to manage a long-term nuclear plan…
-Lucas Reif